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Children Construction Toys

(Construction toy) A construction set is a set of standardized pieces that allow for the construction of a variety of different models or buildings. The pieces avoid the lead time of manufacturing custom pieces, and of requiring special training or design time to construct complex systems.

Can you imagine the sweetness of a mother's day card made from handmade construction paper?

*sigh*

I just get so tired of mass-produced everything for kids. I love handmade papers, why shouldn't my child have the luxury? This set includes one dozen sheets of pastel colored, oh-so-dreamy, totally eco-friendly, speckled-y, smooth, crunchy, yummy paper. Each sheet is hand dipped, dried, and pressed for your little one's creative enjoyment. This is not fine writing paper, there will be crinkles and thin spots and speckles, but that's part of the handmade charm. It's construction paper after all!

This paper is made from recycled junk mail, grocery lists, greeting cards, wrapping paper and receipts. I threw in a few dried flowers for extra color. It is, itself, recyclable...so be sure to put those scraps and mess-ups in the recycle bin. Of course, the true art goes on the fridge!

Tinkertoys were one of our favourites toys growing up. This set is from the 1980's and issued by Irwin toy Ltd in Canada. It is not one of the reissued sets which have larger spools with branding on them.